Hooker, J.D. (August 1885), Nyctagineae. The Flora of British India 4(12): 709 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Boerhavia diffusa L. legitimate

Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 214 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 106 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Boerhavia diffusa L. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 214

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